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adherent, n. A follower who has not yet obtained all that he expects to get.

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
Aphorist
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Meigs County
Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
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Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.
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Insurance - an ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to enjoy the comfortable conviction that he is beating the man who keeps the table.
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EVANGELIST, n. A bearer of good tidings, particularly (in a religious sense) such as assure us of our own salvation and the damnation of our neighbors.
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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
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FEMALE, n. One of the opposing, or unfair, sex.
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Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud Eternally to die for.
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IMPROVIDENCE, n. Provision for the needs of to-day from the revenues of to-morrow.
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Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.
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Fear has no brains it is an idiot.
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An aged Burgundy runs with a beardless Port. I cherish the fancy that Port speaks sentences of wisdom, Burgundy sings the inspired Ode.
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Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of.
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To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.
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Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.
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Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the projectile came more and more into favor, and is now held in high esteem by the most courageous.
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Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh.
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ASPERSE, v.t. Maliciously to ascribe to another vicious actions which one has not had the temptation and opportunity to commit.
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actually, adv. Perhaps possibly.
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CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of time remains to him.
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